Questions3

1. Who are Baucis and Philemon?
Baucis and Philemon are two poor people who receive two homeless guys without hesitating but with the biggest pleasure then they realize they are goods.
2. How do they differ from other people?
They are modest and they care for others, they took care to homeless people without them even asking.
3. Why do Zeus and Hermes reward them?
Because they helped them when they were acting as homeless.
4. Describe their wish.
Their wish was to die at the same time because they didn't want to weep on each others graves.
5. What does this story suggest? What is its didactic message?
This story suggest that you need to help the needed, and that if you don't stop loving you don't die. The didactic message is to love and help the needed to be truly happy.
6. Do you agree with this idea of love? Why? Why not?
Yes I agree because you see old single people and their life is a rutine they are machines, they are sad but the loving old are really happy.